Health Reform Part 3 - Who Benefits from Massachusetts Public Programs
Series: Health Reform in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Length: 00:05:28
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WHEN MASSACHUSETTS PASSED ITS 2006 LAW REQUIRING EVERYONE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, LEGISLATORS REALIZED THEY'D HAVE TO HELP MANY PEOPLE GET THAT INSURANCE. SO THEY CREATED A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN FOR PEOPLE MAKING UP TO THREE TIMES THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE - WHO WERE UNINSURED -- ARE NOW GETTING FREE OR SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL HOLES AND COMPLICATIONS WITH THE NEW SYSTEM – AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LONGTERM VIABILITY. IN THE LAST OF A SERIES ON MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM, KAREN BROWN REPORTS.
Broadcast History
Aired on WFCR-FM, Amherst, as Part 3 in a series. But the piece can stand alone.
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WHEN MASSACHUSETTS PASSED ITS 2006 LAW REQUIRING EVERYONE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, LEGISLATORS REALIZED THEY'D HAVE TO HELP MANY PEOPLE GET THAT INSURANCE. SO THEY CREATED A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN FOR PEOPLE MAKING UP TO THREE TIMES THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE - WHO WERE UNINSURED -- ARE NOW GETTING FREE OR SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL HOLES AND COMPLICATIONS WITH THE NEW SYSTEM – AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LONGTERM VIABILITY. IN THE LAST OF A SERIES ON MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM, WFCR’S KAREN BROWN REPORTS.
[OUTCUE, if time: KAREN BROWN’S SERIES ON MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A KAISER FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP.]
IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITTED FROM MASSACHUSETTS' GREATLY EXPANDED HEALTH PROGRAMS.
“can I help the next person?” FADE UNDER
START AT THE HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER, A DOWNTOWN CLINIC IN T...
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INTRO:WHEN MASSACHUSETTS PASSED ITS 2006 LAW REQUIRING EVERYONE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, LEGISLATORS REALIZED THEY'D HAVE TO HELP MANY PEOPLE GET THAT INSURANCE. SO THEY CREATED A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN FOR PEOPLE MAKING UP TO THREE TIMES THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE - WHO WERE UNINSURED -- ARE NOW GETTING FREE OR SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL HOLES AND COMPLICATIONS WITH THE NEW SYSTEM – AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LONGTERM VIABILITY. IN THE LAST OF A SERIES ON MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM, KAREN BROWN REPORTS.
OUTRO:Additional Credits
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